Most overrated driver ever

[Debs]

4 hours ago, Forbury said:

Another slaughter job by Josh dickie on sweet Maggie Mae but it's not enough for dickie to slaughter his own horse he slaughters his stablemates chances as well in race 2 at Auckland just how long will he be driving at telfers seriously he's just a big handicap and definitely no race driver just a complete laughing stock🤣😂

I bet the Telfer's wish they could clone Tim Williams and have him drive for the North Island too.

How do you solve a problem like Josh Dickie?

[Brodie]

9 minutes ago, Debs said:

I bet the Telfer's wish they could clone Tim Williams and have him drive for the North Island too.

How do you solve a problem like Josh Dickie?

Reality is that the Rolleston training team is a helluva lot more capable than the North Island stable.

Amanda and Tim have many very capable horse people alongside them, and when Steve sends horses down from the North, Tim and Amanda clearly improve them heaps!

Yes there are wins out of the North Island stable, but they are racing horses of less ability generally!

 

[Rangatira]

18 hours ago, Brodie said:

The biggest question Forbury is who in their right mind would put 12k to win on Debrief?

An investor who is hellbent on remaining unrestricted.

[Rangatira]

On 29/04/2025 at 4:22 PM, Forbury said:

Josh is nothing but a shocking bad driver and judge 

Lay of the day @ 1.80 in the Drivers Challenge tonight Forbster?

[Chief Stipe]

1 hour ago, Rangatira said:

Lay of the day @ 1.80 in the Drivers Challenge tonight Forbster?

@Forbury has a short memory!

[the galah]

Theres not many aggresive drivers anymore in auckland.

tonight,the majority  of the races are rather boring if you were just watching and not betting.

you can't say otherwise as they mostly run such slow middle sectionals and they all have a snooze if they are at the back.

i think its a combination of just being a time when some young drivers are starting out and consequently don't show much aggression and some of the older drivers seem to lack as much aggression as they used to.

Actually,while i don't like betting on anything j dickie drives,because they generally are paying unders,at least he will move up on slow paces and give his horses a chance.i see the former stonewall driver,B butcher,who used to be one of the better drivers up there,still hasn't driven a winner since his come back from injury 4 months ago. that must be frustrating for him,or for punters who follow him.

i only put a small amount in my account tonight,and when i did have a bet at auckland,they couldn't even confirm the race before the next at addingtion so no money to bet with at addington. The auckland race started on time,so entain really aren't encouraging people to bet if they can't get races confirmed 10 minutes after they start.Mind you saved me money so i should be thanking them i suppose.

Edited 20 hours ago by the galah

[Brodie]

14 hours ago, the galah said:

Theres not many aggresive drivers anymore in auckland.

tonight,the majority  of the races are rather boring if you were just watching and not betting.

you can't say otherwise as they mostly run such slow middle sectionals and they all have a snooze if they are at the back.

i think its a combination of just being a time when some young drivers are starting out and consequently don't show much aggression and some of the older drivers seem to lack as much aggression as they used to.

Actually,while i don't like betting on anything j dickie drives,because they generally are paying unders,at least he will move up on slow paces and give his horses a chance.i see the former stonewall driver,B butcher,who used to be one of the better drivers up there,still hasn't driven a winner since his come back from injury 4 months ago. that must be frustrating for him,or for punters who follow him.

i only put a small amount in my account tonight,and when i did have a bet at auckland,they couldn't even confirm the race before the next at addingtion so no money to bet with at addington. The auckland race started on time,so entain really aren't encouraging people to bet if they can't get races confirmed 10 minutes after they start.Mind you saved me money so i should be thanking them i suppose.

Alexandra Park racing generally is boring and has been for a long time.

Same horses racing each and every week due to lack of numbers of horses and different trainers, so domination.

The fixed odds with the smaller fields doesnt make it worth while to collect milk money for each $!

Galah is right, they just seem to sit at the back mostly and run home giving those out the back no chance. 

With having the biggest population in NZ, you would think that they would get a good crowd on course, however next to no one goes!

 

 

[the galah]

3 hours ago, Brodie said:

 

With having the biggest population in NZ, you would think that they would get a good crowd on course, however next to no one goes!

 

 

i've always thought the population being a driver of attendance,has long been proven to be a thing of the past and is now a mistaken belief based on factors no longer relevant

The best way to assess whether you will get people to attend harness race meetings in populated areas is the level of horses/trainers/owners in that province. 

Even if you go to addington on a run of the mill friday,how many people are there for a night out. Next to no one anymore. Its nearly always people with a connection to a horse or the owner of a horse who are the ones that attend. So forget the population thing.

the only way population becomes a factor is when HRNZ choose to incentivise clubs to promote attendance and they don't do that do they. 

Edited 2 hours ago by the galah